Golfers and tennis players talk about it, as do chess students and artists. I’m referring to a ‘sweet spot’, or a felt sense of interacting with an object – a ball or component – resulting in an optimal performance-moment, depending on the imagined outcome. In Zen parlance a sweet spot encounter reflects a kind of […]

Educational conversations are often dominated by opinions about what shape education should take based on future speculations. Social media, trade show flyers and school bulletin boards are filled with fiery prognostications about the future and how schooling should be canted to leverage this presaged event. While this forecasting may be compelling, we know, or we […]

As a new schooling year gets underway, a new mantra is rolling across education: to better serve their learning needs, we must ‘meet students where they’re at’. No more ‘sage on the stage’ in the classroom, it’s the ‘guide on the side’ who’s calling the shots now. It’s a meme that’s grounded in good intentions […]

I’ve yammered on about it for years, and it’s been the focus of the bulk of my career as an educator since 1988. I’m referring to Personalized Learning – that is, striving to truly see and hear each individual learner and support him or her in reaching their self-declared learning goals, whether they’re 6 or […]

Last August I wrote that Personalized Learning was a “rising tide” in North American schools and districts. Specifically, I said that, thanks to new insights from science and psychology and new trends in IT and social media – all of which were starting to coalesce in K-12 education, “the Genie” was out of the bottle,” […]

The start of a new year is a good time to consider a new learning path or plan for the coming year. What’s yours? What are you most curious about? What are you committed to exploring or investigating? This decision is yours to covet, just as it is for everyone. After all, each of us […]

“It is of the first importance not to allow your judgment to be biased by personal qualities.” – Sherlock Holmes, ‘The Sign of Four’ With a nod to Benedict Cumberbatch, couch potatoes (guilty as charged) are enjoying a renaissance of the world’s finest detective, the sleuth of sleuths who cracks criminal cases seemingly as tight […]

According to developmental psychologists, the foundation of human imagination emerges in childhood and its lifelong trajectory reflects the nature of the support that nurtures it during this time. Bolster a young child’s budding imagination at home or in school with encouragement and she will sense this and accept more risks in whatever activities and challenges […]

Personalized Learning Resources for Educators & Administrators NB – The resource list below is not exhaustive, but it’s a good start for someone wishing to know more about Personalized Learning as it is emerging in North American schools. I will add more in the future. – Michael Maser Definition of Personalized Learning from the BC […]

Students returning to classes in coming weeks may well experience more Personalized Learning opportunities than ever before in what has blossomed into one of the most important new education trends. In schools across North America, from Kindergarten through post-secondary, educators are re-vamping their approaches to better meet students ‘where they’re at’ in their learning needs […]

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Golfers and tennis players talk about it, as do chess students and artists. I’m referring to a ‘sweet spot’, or a felt sense of interacting with an object – a ball or component – resulting in an optimal performance-moment, depending on the imagined outcome. In Zen parlance a sweet spot encounter reflects a kind of […]